>On a night overshadowed by the BCS National Championship college football game on sister network ESPN (Alabama shutting out LSU — ratings available later), ABC decided to go with female-skewing originals, narrowly beating the other broadcast networks with a 2.2 Adult 18-49 rating. The Bachelor was down two tenths of a rating point in its second week and down significantly from last year’s second episode. Last year on this night (Monday, January 10, 2011), ABC averaged a 2.5 rating: The Bachelor (2.8) and Castle (2.1).
ABC Mon High Low 12.5 1212 1219 1226 01.2 01.9
Dancing Stars 4.0 2.8 — — — — — —
You Deserve It 1.7 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.9* 0.8 — —
The Bachelor 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.2*
Castle 3.2 2.0 2.0 0.9R 1.0R 0.7R — 2.3*
CBS wisely decided to yield to the college football championship, opting for all repeats. The night averaged a 2.1 rating from 8-11 pm for CBS, up one tenth from the 2.0 last year on this night with a similar schedule of repeats: How I Met Your Mother (2.4), Rules of Engagement (2.0), Two and a Half Men (2.4), Mike & Molly (2.0) and Hawaii Five-O (1.5).
CBS Mon High Low 12.5 1212 1219 1226 01.2 01.9
How I Met Your 4.9 3.9 4.5 — 2.1R 1.8R 3.9 2.2R
2 Broke Girls 7.1 4.2 4.6 4.2 2.6R 1.9R 4.4 2.4R
2.5 Men 10.7 4.5 5.0 4.7 2.3R 2.4R 4.5 2.3R
Mike & Molly 4.8 3.7 4.2 4.0 2.2R 2.1R 3.8 2.3R
Hawaii Five-O 3.4 2.7 3.0 2.8 1.8R 1.6R 2.9 1.6R
NBC forged ahead with a full slate of Monday originals, turning in a third-place 1.5 rating from 8-11 pm. Who’s Still Standing? actually ticked up in its fourth week, but Fear Factor and Rock Center hit season lows. Last year on this night against the BCS title game, NBC only scored a 0.9 with repeats of Chuck (0.8) and The Cape (1.0) two-hour premiere that aired the night before.
NBC Mon High Low 12.5 1212 1219 1226 01.2 01.9
The Sing-Off 1.9 1.3 1.1 — — — — —
Who’s Still Standing? 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6*
Fear Factor 3.5 2.4 3.5 2.5 1.5R 2.4 2.2*
Playboy Club 1.6 1.2
Rock Center 1.2 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.2 0.8 1.1 0.8*
FOX brought up the rear with a 1.1 rating from 8-10 pm for a pair of House repeats: an out-of-time-period special at 8 pm (1.0) and the time period repeat (1.2). Last year on this night, FOX averaged a 1.6 rating with two Lie to Me repeats at 8 pm (1.6) and 9 pm (1.5).
FOX Mon High Low 12.5 1212 1219 1226 01.2 01.9
Terra Nova 3.1 2.1 — 2.1 2.2* — — —
House 3.9 2.5 — 1.3R — 0.8R 1.2R 1.2R
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